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res. 610 commemorating the 60th anniversary of the graduate research fellowship program of the senate science foundation. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. cardin: i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to the matter be printed at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on thursday, december 6, 2012, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved to date, the morning business be deemed expired and the time for the leaders be reserved for the use later in the day. that following the leaders' remarks the senate be in a period of morning business until 11:45 a.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each with the previous order regarding retirement speeches remaining in effect
res. 610 commemorating the 60th anniversary of the graduate research fellowship program of the senate science foundation. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. cardin: i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to the matter be printed at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding...
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the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled immigrants who come to study at our colleges and universities. in particular, this bill would make eligible for a green card those who graduate in the stem fields who get a master's degree or a ph.d. and so we would not add to the net number of green cards that would be eligible, there is 55,000 diversity lottery visa green cards that would be substituted for by these stem green cards. now, we all know that america's immigration system is broken, and, unfortunately, it's a self-inflicted wound in many respects, but in particular by diving away highly skilled foreign workers who want to start busine
the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled...
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science technology innovation hall the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. in the news a secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robots which will unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in world this is why you should care only on the dot com wealthy british science holds. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our. language. we can we know if. someone. chooses to use the consensus to. choose to get the news that invigorating to. choose the stories that in high life choose access to. six. experience before series with the power. of. course. the four. live. day. to make. the flying. the flag. again britain's heading into the future hand in hand with a sterile sadly with the government extending its massive cuts program for five more years that's in addition to the already existing cuts in public spending pensions will be ready to even more for those on welfare suffering as well marty sarah
science technology innovation hall the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. in the news a secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robots which will unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in world this is why you should care only on the dot com wealthy british science holds. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the...
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a sunni organization to sequence a science where the triads are the. nationals were there pushing an agenda on the population and the population rightly so much while she was gone and i think this is the coptic christian groups are threatened if the book brotherhood gets its constitution and imposing sharia law. or other groups of muslims for example she will be places of worship are under attack in egypt and likely will be increasing its will and this is probably one of the most major. intelligence projects of the last fifty years and since the us government support of the muslim brotherhood to create islamic fascist regime if you want to use the term across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. where one of marcy's former rivals for the presidency amr moussa is now a prominent opposition leader he says the political crisis is no excuse for the failure to solve the social challenges here's a preview of the full interview which will be airing for you at six thirty pm
a sunni organization to sequence a science where the triads are the. nationals were there pushing an agenda on the population and the population rightly so much while she was gone and i think this is the coptic christian groups are threatened if the book brotherhood gets its constitution and imposing sharia law. or other groups of muslims for example she will be places of worship are under attack in egypt and likely will be increasing its will and this is probably one of the most major....
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at the start i was like science i'm going to be the next greatest thing show the world that. i don't want to. i'd rather do something more constructive things are pretty much. tells us that the one size fits all formats is the work programme it's stifling the individuality of young. people i speak to quite intelligent quite bright some of them have. some of them are quite well skilled and they hate being told what to do and they like to take appropriate action for themselves and usually quite good at finding work for themselves. in these difficult with the work program what we see now is that in fact when you get the best of the private sector involved when you pay them lots of money they actually do worse than doing nothing at all we asked the government why the program was pretty saying such poor results and why the figures they really seem designed muskwa chilly extent of the faith. they responded saying. it's ridiculous to suggest the work programme is not helping people into work despite being faced with their own shortcomings it seems the government still doesn't want t
at the start i was like science i'm going to be the next greatest thing show the world that. i don't want to. i'd rather do something more constructive things are pretty much. tells us that the one size fits all formats is the work programme it's stifling the individuality of young. people i speak to quite intelligent quite bright some of them have. some of them are quite well skilled and they hate being told what to do and they like to take appropriate action for themselves and usually quite...
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science technology innovation all the latest m l m m's from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. and it contains. only. one. following welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle separate but equal more and more europeans are rethinking the pillars of the modern nation state there is wide agreement that the sovereignty of states must be respected but what about the growing issue of self-determination if a population wants to create their own state.
science technology innovation all the latest m l m m's from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. and it contains. only. one. following welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle separate but equal more and more europeans are rethinking the pillars of the modern nation state there is wide agreement that the sovereignty of states must be respected but what about the growing issue of self-determination if a population wants to create their own state.
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well the truth science technology innovation all the least of melamine around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on our. do you not hear most of the return to our breaking news this hour the egyptian opposition says two people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents called the president demonstrators of throwing petrol bombs and rolls in in one of the most his official residence to rival readies taking place when autobahn and now joins me live. we are receiving disturbing reports about. that is it you can see. two huge crowds lining the whole truth each other on the streets allowed five hundred meters away from the presidential politics which are literally each other in absolute stormont of rocks flying industry people finally smashing up any top so tightly they can find to get ammunition as it were people are also searching sexual problems touching off fires. being replicated colorings fired off i
well the truth science technology innovation all the least of melamine around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on our. do you not hear most of the return to our breaking news this hour the egyptian opposition says two people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents called the president demonstrators of...
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maybe six months later, with pro they tick arms and legs, prosthetic arms and legs, it is amazing what science and medicine is doing for these young people .. but nobody should estimate, underestimate the magnitude of the rehabilitation challenge and the courage that it takes, day in and day out to try and come back from these terrible wounds and that is where there is not enough we can do for these kids. >> rose: are we over stretched? >> i don't think so. i think we were over stretched at the end of 2006 .. and particularly in the early months of 2007, during the surge in iraq, i think one of the hardest decisions i made, maybe the hardest decision that i made as secretary was extending the length of deployments in iraq and afghanistan from twelve months to 15 months, and we did it for about a year and a half. and two years, and the alternative was to cut short their time at home. so if they were only to serve twelve months in the theatre then they might only be home for nine months or eight months or something, and so the recommendation of all of the generals and others was do the 15 and le
maybe six months later, with pro they tick arms and legs, prosthetic arms and legs, it is amazing what science and medicine is doing for these young people .. but nobody should estimate, underestimate the magnitude of the rehabilitation challenge and the courage that it takes, day in and day out to try and come back from these terrible wounds and that is where there is not enough we can do for these kids. >> rose: are we over stretched? >> i don't think so. i think we were over...
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support for nasa, kay is determined that our country will not cede its position as the world's leader in science, technology, and space exploration. when the nasa rover curiosity thrilled all of us with its perfect landing on mars this past august, the hands of kay's legislative leadership were on the controls. working with kay as a member of the appropriations committee, i know just how dedicated she is to ensuring that taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely and efficiently. she is a champion for our small business owners and for policies that promote free enterprise and job creation. her complete commitment to the men and women of our armed forces is reflected in her years of service on the armed services committee as well as the military construction subcommittee on appropriations and her unanimous election this year to serve as chairman of the board of visitors at west point. mr. president, in the afterward to her book, kay wrote that as a young girl growing up in texas, she was so inspired by the lives of great americans that by the sixth grade she had exhausted all of the biographies on the s
support for nasa, kay is determined that our country will not cede its position as the world's leader in science, technology, and space exploration. when the nasa rover curiosity thrilled all of us with its perfect landing on mars this past august, the hands of kay's legislative leadership were on the controls. working with kay as a member of the appropriations committee, i know just how dedicated she is to ensuring that taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely and efficiently. she is a champion for...
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impoverished family came to delaware and established a chemical company and now they have quite a successful science company in our state for over 200 years. we have cars. we built a lot of cars over the years, g.m. and chrysler products. over half of the new york stock exchange, half the fortune 500, being credit card business in our state. the coast of our state is the site of the nation's summer capital, rehoboth beach and a bunch of other places. the letter "c" has been pretty big. people say why do they call you the first state? we're the first colony that threw off the yoke of the british tyranny and at the same time said pennsylvania take a hike, we want to be a state on our own. 225 years from tomorrow to be exact, the first state to ratify the constitution. but we have the best beaches in the country. last year i think there were four or five-star beaches in america, two in delaware. rehoboth and dewey. the best air force base in the world. we have, i think, the finest judiciary, finest judicial system in the state. we have the best financial controls and financial controls and cash managem
impoverished family came to delaware and established a chemical company and now they have quite a successful science company in our state for over 200 years. we have cars. we built a lot of cars over the years, g.m. and chrysler products. over half of the new york stock exchange, half the fortune 500, being credit card business in our state. the coast of our state is the site of the nation's summer capital, rehoboth beach and a bunch of other places. the letter "c" has been pretty...
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that's according to a new report by the national academy of sciences. the report blames the president for a lack of direction. it also says nasa has not done enough to accomplish the obama administration's goal of sending astronauts to an asteroid. >>> the first female submariners in the u.s. navy have earned their dolphin. the dolphin pins awarded wednesday signify a woman's status as fully qualified submarine officers. they underwent a year of training followed by a year at sea to reach the milestone. >>> what was planned as a birthday party for jazz legend dave brubeck is now becoming a memorial tribute. >> he died just one day shy ever his 92nd birthday. his passion reached so far, it influenced the causes of civil rights and the thawing of the cold war. >> reporter: dave brubeck was a jazz pioneer whose career spanned eight decades. a classically trained pianist and composer formed his first band in 1951. eight years later the album "time-out." made his name a household name. it included a composition his saxophonist paul desmond wrote. "take five"
that's according to a new report by the national academy of sciences. the report blames the president for a lack of direction. it also says nasa has not done enough to accomplish the obama administration's goal of sending astronauts to an asteroid. >>> the first female submariners in the u.s. navy have earned their dolphin. the dolphin pins awarded wednesday signify a woman's status as fully qualified submarine officers. they underwent a year of training followed by a year at sea to...
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roughly four times the total investment made in r&d, science, education, infrastructure. if we -- we will have assured that we are going to have what i call a slow-growth crisis. that is at least my way of formulating what happens if we do not do anything. please takeover -- this is yours, not mine. >> one of the things i do not claim to be here is an economic expert, although it is from a national security standpoint -- i have felt this way for years that it is not just about the health of our economy. is around the world -- the health of the economy is that generate positive outcomes. and the opposite is true as well -- from the defense standpoint, i think, as senator nunn pointed out, if the debt continues to grow it will just continue to eat at us. when you put in the kind of time bombs that sequestration is, at least that was the extent, it was supposed to be so heinous that congress would never permitted to happen, and yet we are on the verge of it happening. for a force that has been fighting over the past five years -- and is stretched and strapped, at a time when
roughly four times the total investment made in r&d, science, education, infrastructure. if we -- we will have assured that we are going to have what i call a slow-growth crisis. that is at least my way of formulating what happens if we do not do anything. please takeover -- this is yours, not mine. >> one of the things i do not claim to be here is an economic expert, although it is from a national security standpoint -- i have felt this way for years that it is not just about the...